With an unusually high concentration of smoke shops in East San Jose, Councilmember Peter Ortiz cannot be accused of using hyperbole when he says that if you throw a rock there, you are likely to hit ...

Measures to tackle nitrous oxide use among young people and children should be included in the forthcoming national drug strategy, stakeholders have recommended. Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — District Attorney Summer Stephan issued a public safety warning this week about a concerning rise in DUI cases involving nitrous oxide, also known as “whippets,” after an ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan has issued a warning about the increasing dangers of nitrous oxide abuse, particularly in relation to driving under the influence (DUI) ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile mother is sharing a warning after her son was hospitalized in critical condition from what she says was long-term nitrous oxide abuse. Mobile County sheriff’s wife ...

A Bay of Plenty woman was disgusted when she found about 50 nitrous oxide containers 'dumped' near Rotorua on September 30. A Bay of Plenty woman was disgusted to find about 50 nitrous oxide ...

Mattydale, N.Y. — A man who fatally shot the owner of a Mattydale convenience store Sunday was trying to shoplift two canisters of nitrous oxide, deputies said. The man, Alec Grieger, 30, had walked ...

First Lady Casey DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Jay Collins announced on Tuesday a major statewide undercover operation targeting the illegal sale of nitrous oxide. Inhaling "laughing gas" (as nitrous oxide is ...

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – A business owner faces charges after police say his stores in Collinsville and Fairview Heights, Illinois, were selling nitrous oxide. High Life in Fairview Heights was still ...

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Law enforcement is spreading awareness about the dangers of nitrous oxide ahead of a statewide ban on Oct. 1. Lauderdale County Sheriff Joe Hamilton said inhalants are ...

Citing an increase in police calls for service and arrests related to nitrous oxide, Costa Mesa officials Tuesday unanimously supported a ban on recreational sales of the substance that would impose ...